The 13th Annual International and Interdisciplinary Conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) is being held October 18-21, 2012 in Salford (Greater Manchester) UK. The full call for papers is below: Call for Papers Internet Research 13.0:...

I recently taped an interview with Milwaukee’s public radio affiliate, WUWM, and it aired today. The topic was privacy and technology, focusing mostly on how to balance the speed and ubiquity of new technology, the conveniences they provide, and the strains they...

Wired has launched a new column called “The Luddite”, written by Tony Long. To get a sense of his (needed) perspective, here’s an excerpt from his first column, “Dark Underbelly of Technology”: […] the reason for this column: to...

I recently came across Donald Norman’s latest essay “Human-Centered Design Considered Harmful”. In it, he challenges us to criticize the “human-centered” design paradigm, and offers an “activity-centered” design program as an...

About Me

Michael Zimmer, PhD is a privacy and internet ethics scholar at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. (full bio)